Janani Suraksha Yojana
(a) the details of the activities and initiatives taken under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) for reduction of infant and maternal mortality rates in the country;
(b) the details of financial and technical support extended under JSY during each of the last three years, State/ UT-wise; and
(c) the number of women benefited under the scheme during the said period, State/UT-wise?
To know the answer of above questions reg. Janani Suraksha Yojana please see below the full text of Loksabha Unstarred Question No. 188.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 188
ANSWERED ON: 21.06.2019
Janani Suraksha Yojana
Ramya Haridas
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:-
(a) the details of the activities and initiatives taken under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) for reduction of infant and maternal mortality rates in the country;
(b) the details of financial and technical support extended under JSY during each of the last three years, State/ UT-wise; and
(c) the number of women benefited under the scheme during the said period, State/UT-wise?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)
(a): Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission (NHM). Launched with the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) promotes institutional delivery among pregnant women especially with weak socio-economic status i.e. women from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and BPL households. The steps taken/being taken by the Government under JSY for reduction of infant and maternal mortality rates in the county are as under:
1. The scheme focuses on the poor pregnant woman with special dispensation for States having low institutional delivery rates namely the States of Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Rajasthan, Orissa and Jammu and Kashmir. While these States have been named as Low Performing States (LPS), the remaining States have been named as High performing States (HPS).
2. Exclusion criteria of age of mother as 19 years or above and up to two children only for home and institutional deliveries under the JSY have been removed and eligible mothers are entitled to JSY benefit regardless of any age and any number of children.
3. BPL pregnant women, who prefer to deliver at home, are entitled to a cash assistance of Rs 500 per delivery regardless of age of women and the number of children.
4. The Yojana enables the States/UTs to hire the services of a private specialist to conduct Caesarean Section or for the management of Obstetric complications, in the Public Health facilities, where Government specialists are not in place.
5. States are encouraged to accredit private health facilities for increasing the choice of delivery care institutions.
(b): The details of financial support in the form of funds provided under NHM are at Annexure I.
For Technical support, guidelines advisory & classification are issued from time to time by the Ministry to the States/UTs
(c): Details of number of beneficiaries during the said period , States/ UTs wise are enclosed at Annexure II.
Source : Loksabha
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